The Airline Weekly Lounge Podcast Archives

Orlando

Orlando Rebound

The U.S. travel recovery is strong, and maybe nearly complete. If there is one airport that epitomizes the strength of the leisure-first recovery, it is Orlando where seemingly endless domestic…

September 25th, 2022 at 8:33 AM EDT

India

India’s Moment

Is Indian aviation's moment here? Air India under Tata ownership has a deal for new airplanes, while the country's largest airline, IndiGo, keeps growing and several new startups are adding…

September 16th, 2022 at 2:10 PM EDT

China’s Red Ink

Chinese airlines struggled mightily during the first half of the year under the country's zero-Covid policy. The Big 3 all lost money but China Eastern, based in Shanghai — which…

September 10th, 2022 at 8:38 AM EDT

Hawaiian Airlines

What does post-pandemic life like for a destination carrier like Hawaiian Airlines? CEO Peter Ingram joins Edward Russell to discuss the airline's recovery and outlook, including the long-awaited reopening of…

September 2nd, 2022 at 12:34 PM EDT

The London Crunch

Flying through London is getting a little better with the end of capacity caps at Gatwick Airport. But constraints remain in place at Heathrow until the end of October, and…

August 26th, 2022 at 1:20 PM EDT

ITA

Lufthansa, ITA and European Airline Consolidation

The Lufthansa Group has spent the better part of 20 years trying to improve its fortunes through consolidation. Some deals, like of Swiss, have been winners, others, like of Austrian…

August 19th, 2022 at 2:10 PM EDT

Southwest’s Airports Czar

Meet Steve Sisneros, the airport czar at Southwest Airlines. As vice president of airport affairs, he oversees current and future real estate at the carrier's 121 airports. Edward Russell and…

August 12th, 2022 at 1:45 PM EDT

Southwest’s Secret Weapon

Southwest Airlines had a secret weapon in the second quarter: Its fuel hedges. That helped propel it to an impressive 17 percent operating margin. High oil prices pulled down the…

August 5th, 2022 at 12:15 PM EDT

Airbus

Boeing’s 41,000 Aircraft Forecast

Airlines globally will need more than 41,000 aircraft over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's latest outlook. Edward Russell sat down with Boeing's Vice President of Commercial Marketing Darren…

July 22nd, 2022 at 12:00 PM EDT

Travel’s Like a T.J. Maxx

What's travel like in the U.S. now? Busy and, in some cases, like a T.J. Maxx, The Wall Street Journal's new travel columnist Dawn Gilbertson told Edward Russell of her…

July 15th, 2022 at 2:23 PM EDT